Moduline Pro II Cabinets - Next-Level Storage

Last month we spent some time upgrading the floor of our 28-foot enclosed race trailer with the help of Al’s Liner. This month we are back at it, but now, storage is the name of the game.

There are many options when it comes to storage inside your race trailer. You can do it on the cheap and use old kitchen cabinets, but A, it doesn’t look good, and B, who really wants kitchen cabinets in their race trailer? Not us! Not now, not never! When we took a real look at our storage needs, we wanted something that was lightweight, tough, and versatile, as well as good looking. Moduline Cabinets fit the bill perfectly.

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If you are unfamiliar with Moduline Cabinets, the Brockton, Massachusetts-based company designs and manufactures modular aluminum cabinets and workbenches for shops, garages, and trailers. These high-quality lightweight aluminum cabinets are designed to not only look good, but survive in the harshest shop environment. These cabinets are so durable, the company backs them with a lifetime warranty, which is a huge testament to the high level of quality.

Moduline builds each set of cabinets as they are ordered. This gives the company the ability to offer an almost limitless array of cabinet sizes and configurations to fit any layout or dimension. For our trailer, we went with the Pro II cabinets with a seven-drawer tool chest, double door lower cabinets, aluminum work surface, and matching upper cabinets. The drawers are equipped with Quik Draw, a patent-pending single action latch system that keeps the drawers securely latched while in transit while using no additional drawer space. Moduline also offers a bunch of add-on pieces to go with its cabinets. We opted for the under mounted light sheilds, additional shelves, and drawr dividers. These add loads of utility and versatility for your storage needs. The cabinets are extremely solid, while surprisingly light. After all, what good is adding cabinets if they just add useless weight to your trailer?

3/24<strong>1</strong> Moduline’s cabinets doors feature a double-wall construction. This gives them a loads of structural integrity, while the aluminum sheetmetal keeps weigh to a minimum. The latching system has a guard on the inside of the door to keep anything from sliding against the latch hindering it’s ability to open.

4/24<strong>2</strong> The work surface is available in either stainless steel or aluminum. We opted for aluminum as it is easy to keep clean, extremely durable, and significantly lighter than stainless.

5/24<strong>3</strong> The drawer unit features Moduline’s new Quick Latch system. This single action latch allows you to easily open the drawers when your hands are full. The entire drawer handle acts as the latch and can be opened from any point.

6/24<strong>4</strong> To help keep things organized, Moduline sent its Extreme Liner drawer liners and drawer dividers. The Extreme Liner is solid PVC-coated polyester, which gives you a non-slip surface that is resistant to dirt and oil.

7/24<strong>5</strong> The drawer dividers are modulam and can be configured to meet all of your storage needs.

8/24<strong>6</strong> The quarter-turn locking systems allows you to lock the box during transit without needing a key. When you want to secure your tools a little better, the latch locks with a key.

9/24<strong>7</strong> The front of our empty box, aka trailer, really needed some help in the storage department.

10/24<strong>8</strong> We started the installation by removing the sheetmetal trim in the upper corners of the front portion of the trailer.

We wanted something that was lightweight, tough, and versatile, as well as good looking. Moduline Cabinets fit the bill perfectly

11/24<strong>9</strong> Next, we inspected the trailer for stud locations and stud material. Using the right fasteners will ensure your cabinets are going to stay in place, especially when loaded.

12/24<strong>10</strong> The uppers went in first, although not permanently.

13/24<strong>11</strong> With just a couple of fasteners holding the cabinets to the wall, Jason Borden from Moduline Cabinets and Circle Track’s Tech Center Manager Darrell Kunda bolted the cabinets together.

14/24<strong>12</strong> Once all of the upper were secured to the wall, the lower cabinets were brought in. We had to remove our winch to make room, but it gets reinstalled once the cabinets are in place.

15/24<strong>13</strong> Our trailer had a lot of small pieces of trim that need to be trimmed before we got the cabinets in place.

16/24<strong>14</strong> After all the lower cabinets were bolted together, Borden took his time shimming each one, making sure they were perfectly level. Once he was happy with the cabinet’s location, they were secured to the floor and walls with the appropriate hardware.

17/24<strong>15</strong> Next was the support for the worktop. The L bracket is supplied to support the side that does not sit on a cabinet. It attaches to the wall and the worktop sits on top of it.

18/24<strong>16</strong> With everything in place, Borden and Kunda slide the 96-inch aluminum worktop into place for the final test fit before it is permanently attached.

20/24<strong>18</strong> Double sided tape may not seem like enough to hold such a critical piece, but with almost 600 sq.-ins. of tape, the bond is as close to permanent as you can get.

21/24<strong>19</strong> As soon as the tape grabs the underside of the worktop, it’s in place, whether its in the right place or not! Borden is extremely careful to lay the worktop down in the right spot.

22/24<strong>20</strong> With the top in place, Borden crawls inside the center cabinet to install the filler panel that finishes off the 90-degree turn. This is also held in place with double-sided tape.

23/24<strong>21</strong> With this much storage, it is important to be as efficient with it as possible. To help with this, Borden installs an aluminum shelf in the lower cabinets. Moduline offers shelving options for all of its cabinets so you can be as organized as you like.

24/24<strong>22</strong> The finished product looks amazing! We now have tons of storage for everything we could possible need for a night at the track.

There are six available colors to choose from, and Moduline can match any custom color, so matching your race team’s colors is easy. You can also have the cabinets wrapped with your car design and sponsor logos to take the inside of your trailer to the next level.

The installation of our cabinets took about a day. The ProII cabinets come pre-assembled and install with bolts and hand tools. If they were being installed in a garage or shop the install time would be dramatically cut down, but trailers move and flex while traveling, and because of this nothing is exactly square (at least in our case.)